The
British Militia Volunteers
David Bell
E-mail:
BellDL@aol.com
During the French
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Britain became a vast armed
camp, not only of regular soldiers and sailors preparing for
overseas service, but of many thousands of ordinary men who
answered the call to arms for Britain's home defence.
What happened to the
many Militia, Fencible, Volunteer and Yeomanry units? What trace
of local defences and plans are left, to which these men would
have marched had the enemy landed?
This Study Group has
been formed to bring together the local histories of these men
and units and where possible put a name or identity to those
ordinary men who stepped forward in uncertain times.
